Opposition lawmakers warned that Hong Kong’s status as an international financial center was in jeopardy after China announced dramatic plans to rein in dissent by writing a new national security law into the city’s charter.
Chinese lawmakers were preparing to soon pass measures that would curb secession, sedition, foreign interference and terrorism in the former British colony, local media including the South China Morning Post reported Thursday, citing unidentified people.
The National People’s Congress later confirmed plans to pass a bill establishing “an enforcement mechanism for ensuring national security" for Hong Kong, without providing details.